Montrose vs Shumway

A side-by-side comparison of Montrose and Shumway: population, income, housing, and more.

Montrose and Shumway are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montrose has the higher population (276 vs 217 in Shumway). Shumway has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $54,821 in Montrose). Montrose has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $103,400 in Shumway).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose	Shumway
Population	276	217
Median age	40.6 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,821	$76,250
Median home value	$125,000	$103,400
Median gross rent	$393	$950
Housing units	125	95
Homeownership rate	75.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose	Shumway
Population	189 → 276 (+46.0%)	143 → 217 (+51.7%)
Median household income	$38,542 → $54,821 (+42.2%)	$53,750 → $76,250 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $125,000 (+101.6%)	$78,900 → $103,400 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $393 (-44.3%)	$775 → $950 (+22.6%)

Montrose

Population

189276

Median household income

$38,542$54,821

Median home value

$62,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$706$393

Shumway

Population

143217

Median household income

$53,750$76,250

Median home value

$78,900$103,400

Median gross rent

$775$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montrose	Shumway
Under 5	13.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	6.2%	26.3%
18 to 24	14.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	6.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.6%
75 and over	9.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose	Shumway
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose	Shumway
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	49.7%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose	Shumway
Drove alone	85.5%	76.6%
Carpooled	0.7%	11.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose	Shumway
1-unit, detached	72.8%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Montrose	Shumway
Poverty rate	15.6%	21.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	35	15
Median year structure built	1959	1952